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Bobby Darin – Singing At His Best

 

Picture: C-     Sound: C-     Extras: D     Compilation: B-

 

 

In another look at Bobby Darin on DVD, we have Bobby Darin – Singing At The Best, a really good compilation of his singing and other talents.  That means its 55 minutes deliver more than the title suggests, which includes:

 

1)     I’ve Got Rhythm

2)     I Have Dreamed

3)     MEDLEY A: Give Me A Little Kiss; Don’t Look At Me That Way; Slow Boat To China; Too Young For The Blues; Teach Me Tonight; Too Close For Comfort; You’ve Got A Lot To Learn; Down With Love; Don’cha Go Away Mad; Cry Me A River; River Stay ‘Way From My Door; Mack The Knife; I Wish I Were In Love Again

4)     MEDLEY B: Some People; Lucky Pierre; I’ve Had It; Zooma Zooma; Some People (joined by Joanne Sommers uncredited)

5)     With Bob Hope singing Down By The Old Mill Stream

6)     Bill Bailey (with Hope and Joanne Sommers)

7)      With Jimmy Durante You Gotta Start Each Day With A Song; Inka Dinka Doo; Bill Bailey

8)      Uncredited tracks: Hello Young Lovers/Some Of These Days and a great final section of Darin doing impersonations of many great stars.

 

This is a far better compilation of his work than we have seen to date and certainly better than some later works.  This is a solid talent of his era trivialized by the phenomenon of his hit Mack The Knife, which I will always think was made worse by McDonalds waiting for its writer to pass away before getting the rights to push Big Mac sandwiches with it.  This is a diverse enough set that it could actually get people to learn or remember just how good a performer the man was.   Too bad it was not longer.

 

The full frame image is varied throughout, but all are in black and white and down a generation or two from either old videotapes or kinescopes.  The sound is also down a few generations, as the Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono demonstrates.  It could be worse, but it squeezes by narrowly in that you can still appreciate the performances, despite these technical limitations.  There are no extras, but the disc is worth your time.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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